78 MODEL AVIATION
Sal Calvagna, 1335 Broadway Ave., Holbrook NY 11741; E-mail: [email protected]
RADIO CONTROL GIANTS
I SINCERELY hope you have a wonderful holiday and a
magnificent beginning to the new year. Now it’s time to focus on
your new Radio Control (RC) Giant project. If you don’t plan to
start a new model, how about finishing one of those you have
hidden in your workroom?
I know sometimes it’s difficult to find the motivation to start a
new project or even finish a model already in progress. If it is time
you lack, why not pick up a new RC Giant Almost Ready-to-Fly
(ARF) model? Many are reasonably priced, and you can have one
ready to fly in a fraction of the time it would take to complete a kit.
If motivation is your problem, get some friends together and start
talking about airplanes. Even if you only go out to dinner, start
talking model airplanes. Before you know it, that spark ignites and
you can’t wait to get your hands on some balsa.
If you don’t have any aeromodeling friends close and you need
help getting motivated, E-mail or write to me. I will try my best to
spark your interest.
The following is a press release from Ikon N’wst:
“Featured is the newest from the experts in traditional stickconstruction
scale model planes, designed for the true craftsmen of
the model aviation hobby. For more than thirty years, Emil Neely of
Ikon N’wst has been providing the industry with great scale kits that
This new Cessna 170B model is from Ikon N’wst.
A gaggle of PT-19s at Warbirds Over Delaware 2002. Lite-Flyte Products’ shock-absorbing strut.
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are easy to build, true to scale, and have all the flight characteristics of
the full-size airplane.
“This release of the Cessna 170B is being produced at 1⁄5 scale. It
has an 86-inch wingspan and 864 square inches of total wing area. The
fuselage is 59 inches long and it weighs in at 11-3⁄4 pounds flying
weight. The kit features a fiberglass cowl, aluminum gear, working
doors and wing flaps. It includes shaped wing struts.”
During the late 1940s through the mid-1950s more than 5,000
Cessna 170s were manufactured. More than half of that number are still
around today.
In 1948 Cessna expanded the 140 to make it a four-place aircraft
and called it the 170. The Cessna 170B was introduced in 1952 and
continued in production with several changes until production on the
series ended in 1956. One of the greatest differences between the 170A
and 170B was that the 170A had no dihedral in the wing and was
commonly called the “straight wing” model.
If you’re interested in this civil-aviation classic model, call Ikon
N’wst at (208) 773-9001 or write to the company at 3806 N. Chase Rd.,
Post Falls ID 83854. If you have Internet access, you can find the Ikon
N’wst Web site at www.ikonnwst.com.
Ray Lightfoot of Lite-Flyte Products started building and flying
Control Line models in 1953 while serving in the US Air Force. In
1968 he made the jump to RC, and as he built larger and larger models,
he began to make his own shock-absorbing struts.
In 1990 Ray began manufacturing his shock-absorbing struts. He
stocks Spring Air retracts and Ultra Precision control valves to
Andy Kane of Silver Spring, Maryland, and his PA-18 Super Cub.
This is Dan Basovich’s 30-pound model of the Commonwealth
Aircraft Corporation’s 1941 Australian Wirraway fighter.
Joe Saitta of Seminole, Florida, with two of his German WW II
creations: the Me 262 Schwalbe and the Me 163 Komet.
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complement the strut assemblies. He makes struts for a variety of
model aircraft from 1⁄8 to 1⁄4 scale.
Lite-Flyte Products has exhibits at the annual Toledo show and
many regional International Miniature Aircraft Association (IMAA)
events in Ray’s area.
For more information on the types and variety of shock-absorbing
struts he manufactures, call Ray at (864) 886-0095, write to him at 138
Emerald Rd., Seneca SC 29678, or E-mail him at [email protected].
Celebrating its 11th year, Warbirds Over Delaware 2002 was held
July 11-14. Between 175 and 200 models were on display Saturday.
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There was plenty of time for everyone to fly
throughout the weekend.
Warbirds from all eras were present, from
the early World War I Eindeckers to a modern
jet aircraft operating on miniature turbine
engines. Fast Eddie, the announcer, did a fine
job of keeping the spectators informed about
what type of aircraft was flying and who the
pilot was.
I think the most popular models this year
were the Fairchild PT-19 trainers. They
seemed to own the skies, and I believe that
Fast Eddie was getting a little hoarse having to
repeat himself every time one took off. There
were 13 present, and this shows that RC
Giants do not have to be complicated or
expensive.
The PT-19 is a great-flying, easy-to-build,
entry-level RC Giant that will undoubtedly
give you hours of flying pleasure. I decided to
include a photo of the PT-19 lineup so Fast
Eddie can treasure it for years to come!
Hats off to the Delaware R/C Club and a
special thanks to all the members who worked
so hard during the weekend to make the event
a success. If you want to see more photos of
Warbirds Over Delaware, visit the Delaware
R/C Web site at www.delawarerc.org.
Big Andy Kane of Silver Spring, Maryland,
likes to do things in a big way. He is shown
with his very large PA-18 built from a 3W
Modellmotoren kit. The model spans 155
inches and weighs 42 pounds.
A 3W-120 twin gas engine that spins an
RC Showcase 29 x 12 propeller powers this
model. The aircraft has polyester linen
covering and is painted with 30 cans of
Krylon paint. If you’re wondering what type
of radio gear Andy uses, just take a good look
at the photograph.
The PA-18 Super Cub was the last Piper
production airplane to carry the Cub
nameplate. It was a strengthened PA-11 with
the ability to support as much as a 150-
horsepower engine. Externally, the only
noticeable structural change was a slight
additional rounding of the vertical fin and
rudder.
Introduced in November 1949, three basic
versions of the Super Cub were built:
Standard, Deluxe, and Agricultural. The PA-
18 was produced at the Lock Haven,
Pennsylvania, factory until the plant closed in
1983. Production resumed at the new Piper
facility in Vero Beach, Florida, under new
ownership.
Roughly 8,500 civilian Super Cubs were
delivered and 1,800 more were sent to the
United States and foreign military services as
L-18Cs and L-21s for liaison, training, and
transport use.
The model flew flawlessly. If there were
any doubts about sufficient power, those
doubts quickly disappeared when Andy
started to do torque rolls with the PA-18. Not
very scalelike, Andy!
For more information on this gentle Giant,
visit the 3W Web site at www.3wmodellmotoren.
com.
Dan Basovich of Staten Island, New York,
brought his newly completed Commonwealth
Aircraft Corporation (CAC) 1941 Wirraway
advanced trainer and fighter to Warbirds Over
Delaware. Dan scratch-built the model using
Don DeForest plans. It spans 113 inches and
is powered by a Zenoah G-62 gas engine.
Dan installed a dual smoke system in a
specially designed exhaust system. He must
have done it right because his aircraft spewed
lots of white smoke during its flights. The
model’s total weight is 30 pounds, and Don
used 21st Century Fabric for the covering.
In 1936 the newly formed CAC chose the
North American NA-33 after which to model
a new general-purpose aircraft. The first
Wirraway (Aboriginal for “challenge”) was
flown on March 27, 1939. The Australian
Wirraway had twin synchronized guns in blast
troughs above the fuselage and a flexible gun
in the rear cockpit.
Camera and radio installations were
introduced, and the wing and tail units were
redesigned and strengthened for dive-bombing
in later variants. Although hopelessly
outclassed by enemy aircraft, the Wirraway
remained in the front line as a stopgap fighter.
As the photo shows, Dan has done a
magnificent job building this rarely modeled
Australian fighter. Great job, Dan!
Joe Saitta traveled from Seminole, Florida, to
attend this year’s Warbirds Over Delaware.
Joe is shown with models of two German
secret weapons that were supposed to have
changed the tide of war for that beleaguered
nation in late 1944.
German engineers produced two firsts in
aviation history: the first operational jetpowered
fighter—the Me 262 Schwalbe—and
the first and only rocket-powered interceptor
to go into operational status—the Me 163
Komet. Both aircraft were far ahead in
technology and design. For Germany they
were too little, too late.
Joe is producing kits for both models. You
can call him at (727) 398-4417 or E-mail him
at [email protected]. Plans for the Komet
can be purchased from Jim Kiehl at (727) 595-
0954.
All good things must come to an end, and so
must this column! I hope it was good! I’ll let
you be the judge of that.
Keep those photos coming and let’s see
some real progress on your winter projects. I
promise to do the same with mine. If you
have any comments or concerns, just drop me
a line. My E-mail and snail-mail addresses are
at the top of the column.
See you next month. MA
